Thomas Alan Waits (nacido en Pomona (California) el 7 de diciembre de 1949) es un pianista, cantante, compositor y actor estadounidense, famoso por sus canciones de tono áspero inspiradas en escritores de la generación Beat, en especial Jack Kerouac
En 1967 comenzó a trabajar en los cabarets de Los Ángeles, ambiente que le influyó mucho para las canciones de su primer disco, Closing Time (1973), aunque este álbum se vio eclipsado por The Eagles y Tim Buckley
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...CEMETERY POLKA... by Tom Waits --------------------.............
*from 'Rain Dogs' (1985)*
Verse 1:
CmG#CmG# Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, CmG#G Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. CmG#CmG# He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, CmG#GCm Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.
Verse 2:
FmC#FmC# Uncle Biltmore, and Uncle William, FmC#C Made a million during World War II. FmC#FmC# But they're tightwads, and they're cheapskates, FmC#CFm And they'll never give a dime to you.
Interlude:
G#
Verse 3:
CmG#CmG# Auntie Mame has gone in-sane; she lives, CmG#G In the doorway of an old ho-tel. CmG#CmG# And the radio, is playing opera, CmG#GCm All she ever says is; "go to Hell".
Verse 4:
FmC#FmC# Uncle Violet, flew as pilot, FmC#C And there ain't no pretty girls in France. FmC#FmC# Now he runs a tiny little bookie joint; FmC#CFm They say he never keeps it in his pants.
Verse 5:
A#mF#A#mF# Uncle Bill will never leave a will, A#mF#F And the tumour is as big as an egg. A#mF#A#mF# Has a mistress; she's Puerto Rican, A#mF#FA#m And I heard she has a woo-den leg.
Interlude:
G#
Verse 6:
CmG#Cm Uncle Phil can't live without his pills; G#CmG#G He has emphy-sema and he's almost blind. CmG#CmG# And we must find out where the money is, CmG#GCm Get it now, before he loses his mind.
Verse 7:
FmC#FmC# Uncle Vernon, Uncle Vernon, FmC#C Inde-pendent as a hog on ice. FmC#FmC# He's a big-shot, down there at the slaughterhouse, FmC#CFm Plays ac-cordion for Mis-ter Weiss.